Psychology online EXAM – 60 mins time limited

Psychology online EXAM – 60 mins time limited

Chapter 5

QUESTION 1

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If our sensory system receives information from the environment, this is called:

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    absolute threshold
    difference threshold
    Perception
    Sensation

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QUESTION 2

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When our brain organizes and interprets sensory information that is called:

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    difference threshold
    Perception
    Sensation
    absolute threshold

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QUESTION 3

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If we want to define a stimulus as subliminal, what is the percent of time we would perceive it?

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    less than 50%
    100%
    more than 50%
    Never

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QUESTION 4

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Which receptor in the eye is responsible for perceiving color?

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    optic nerve
    rods
    cones

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QUESTION 5

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If it is dark out, our eyes make use of what receptors to help us to see – especially in our periphery.

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    optic nerve
    cones
    rods

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QUESTION 6

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Which of the following would not be a good example of sensory adaptation?

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    Bill puts on more cologne even though he already did because he can’t smell it
    Pat gets into the hot tub slowly because it is hot, but the water quickly cools. Pat is surprised when Alex, who is just getting in, comments on how hot the water is.
    Stacy does not notice the airplanes that fly over her apartment regularly
    People with anosmia do not perceive the smells in their environment

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QUESTION 7

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When we look at the world around us, we process color, movement, form and depth. This processing is called:

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    dual processing
    Gestalt processing
    parallel processing
    visual processing

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QUESTION 8

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Dylan looks out his dad’s fourth floor office window and wonders why there are a bunch of matchbox cars outside. He asks if he can go play with them. We can conclude that Dylan is missing which perceptual ablity:

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    size constancy
    shape constancy
    monocular cues
    binocular cues

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QUESTION 9

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What effect does experience have on how we perceive the world?

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    None, we all perceive the world similarly
    It guides our perceptual interpreations
    It allows us to see depth and movement

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QUESTION 10

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Which of the following is NOT a touch sensation?

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    wetness
    pain
    pressure
    temperature

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QUESTION 11

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Researchers have been able to replicate ESP effects under controlled conditions.

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True

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False

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 8

 

QUESTION 1

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What is the term for how we simplify and order the world around us using mental groupings of similar objects, events or ideas?

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    prototypes
    framing
    concepts
    cognition

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QUESTION 2

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When I am struggling to come up with a solution to a problem, occasionally I have a a sudden inspiration that allows me to solve my problem. This is referred to as:

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    heuristic
    framing
    insight
    algorithm

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QUESTION 3

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Fast, automatic, unreasoned thinking refers to which of the following?

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    framing
    intuition
    algorithm
    insight

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QUESTION 4

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When I am in class and giving a lecture, I am most frequently using which area of the brain to produce language?

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    Wernicke’s area
    Broca’s area
    hypothalamus
    corpus callosum

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QUESTION 5

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When someone in class asks me a question and I have to understand what they are saying to me, I am most using which area of the brain?

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    Wernicke’s area
    basal ganglia
    Broca’s area
    corpus callosum

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QUESTION 6

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If I believe that people have innate abilities that can be fostered in particular areas of intelligence, such as math or music, then I would most agree with which theorist?

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    Sternberg
    Gardner
    Freud
    Dr. Abraham

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QUESTION 7

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Animals have language skills that are similar to and can exceed humans.

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True

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False

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QUESTION 8

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Intelligence is heritable.

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True

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False

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QUESTION 9

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In what areas do we see differences in intellectual ability between males and females (choose all that apply).

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    overall intelligence
    spatial reasoning
    overall math

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QUESTION 10

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To what do we attribute the observable differences between males and females in intelligence (e.g. language, emotion detection)? Choose all that apply.

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    evolution
    culture
    biology
    test bias

 

 

 

Chapter 3

 

QUESTION 1

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Developmental psychologists study:

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    physical changes
    cognitive changes
    social changes
    all of the above

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QUESTION 2

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Nature is our __________ and nurture is our __________.

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    genetic inheritance; our experiences
    stages; continuity
    our experiences; our genetic inheritance
    continuity; stages

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QUESTION 3

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Which of the following would not be a teratogen:

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    diabetes
    Nicotine
    rubella virus
    Cocaine

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QUESTION 4

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Our emotional reactivity and the intensity of that emotional response is called:

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    temperament
    Personality
    Maturation
    conception

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QUESTION 5

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Stranger anxiety develops shortly after infants develop what cognitive skill?

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    accommodation
    object permanence
    Attachment
    assimilation

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QUESTION 6

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What is the transition period from childhood to adulthood?

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    Adolescence
    Puberty
    Attachment
    assimiloation

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QUESTION 7

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What is the marker for the beginning of adolescence?

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    Puberty
    formal reasoning
    maturation of the frontal lobe
    age 13

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QUESTION 8

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Who proposed the eight stages of psychosocial tasks we must achieve for healthy psychological development?

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    Freud
    Vygotsky
    Erikson
    Piaget

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QUESTION 9

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What do we call the period of development between the age of 18 to the mid-twenties?

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    young adulthood
    Adolescence
    emerging adulthood
    Puberty

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QUESTION 10

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People over the age of 65 report as much happiness and satisfaction with life as younger people do.

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True

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False

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Chapter 4

QUESTION 1

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Which of the following terms is defined as the socially influenced characteristics by which people define men and women?

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    Gender
    Sex
    social norms
    puberty

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QUESTION 2

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Which of the following terms is defined as the biologically influenced characteristics by which people define male and female?

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    sex
    puberty
    maturation
    gender

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QUESTION 3

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Which of the following influence development?

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    sex chromosomes
    sex hormones
    both of the above

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QUESTION 4

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Which of the following terms is defined as how others expect us to act based on being male or female?

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    gender typing
    gender role
    gender identity

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QUESTION 5

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Which of the following terms is defined as our own sense of being male or female or some combination of the two?

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    gender identity
    gender role
    gender typing

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QUESTION 6

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Which hormone drives men’s sexuality?

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    estrogen
    testosterone
    papilloma
    petocin

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QUESTION 7

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Which of the following is most associated with women’s sexuality?

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    estrogen
    papilloma
    testosterone
    petocin

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QUESTION 8

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Erotic material can trigger sexual arousal in:

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    Men
    Women
    both men and women
    neither men nor women

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QUESTION 9

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Sexual orientation is associated with mental health.

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True

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False

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QUESTION 10

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Rates of teen intercourse vary between cultures and eras.

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True

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False

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